Headlight



5 E. LEE

' HEADLIGHT Oct. 6 1925- Filed April 25, 19,2 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 (y Z: 9eINVENTOR WG JAM ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Oct. 6, 1925.

E. LEE HEADLIGHT Filed April 25 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORN EYWITNESS:

Patented Oct. 6, 1925.

UNITED. STATES.

PATEN FFI'CE.:'

ELLING LEE, on'cans'mins, ALBERTA, CANADA.

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' Application filed ,a i-u'zs, 1924 Serial No. 709,642.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLING LEE, a subject of the King of Norway,residing at Carstairs, in the Provinceof Alberta and Dominion of Canada,haveinvented new and useful Improvementsv in Headlights, of which thefollowingis a specification. v V

This invention relates todirigible head- I lights for automobiles andhas for an object. the provision of meansfor mounting and connecting theheadlights of an automobile whereby the rays of light will be projectedin the direction in which the automobile is travelling. j

Another object of the invention is the provision of means controlled bythe operation of the steering mechanism of the automobile, whereby oneof the lamps will be horizontally moved to prgj ect its rays in thedirection in which 'the' automobile is turning, while the" of light iromthe other lamp will be directed straightTa-head so that the roadway willbe lighted both'in the direction in which the vehicle is pointed and thedirection of travel of the steering wheels. the particular lamp which ismoved depending upon the particular direction in which the-vehicle issteered. Another object of the invention is-the provision of means ofthe above character which is simple in construction, reliable "in Figure3'is a fragmentary horizontal section showing the front portion of thechassis of an automobile with the invention, applied. v

Figure, 4 is an enlarged vertloal sectlonal view showing-the manner ofmounting the lamp posts.:

Figure 5 man enlarged detail horizontal section through the lamp postsand their mounting means.

Figure 6 is an enlarged horizontal section through one of the posts, thesection being taken substantially on the line 63 of Fig- .ure 4.

Referring to the drawings "in-"detail whereinlike characters ofreference 'dcnote' corresponding parts, the reference character 10lndicates the'front axle ofau automobile,-

11 the steering knuckle armsand 12 the rod which connects these arms.The rod 12'is connected to an arm 13 which extends from.

the steering post 14,connection being effect ed by means of a rod 15,one end of Which'i's connected to the rod 12 and the opposite end to thearm 13 by aball'and socket connection. All ofthe foregoing is ofthe,usual type of steering mechanism and forms no partof the presentinvention.

In the lamp controlling mechanismwhich constitutes the presentinvention, the lamps 16 are mounted upon posts 17 and are horizontally.-movable, Theseposts 17 are mounted in bearing' sleeves l8'andthe latterare mounted in spaced bearings '19. bearings 19 are carried'hy a tubularhousing 20 which is supported upon the frame a the automobile by meansof brackets 21, the lower ends. of the housings 20 being open whiletheir'upper ends are closed by a disk 22. The sleeves 18 are held withinthe bear,- ings'19 by means of adjustable thrust collars'23,whilelongitudinal movement of the posts 17 within the sleeves 18 isprevented bymeans of adjustable collars 24..

Secured to each of the sleeves18are arms 25, the latter beingprovidedwith'sleeves 26 which surround the sleeves-18 and which are held againstrelative movement by set screws 27. The arms are connected by means of arod 28, and the latter" isc'onnected to the arm 13 by, means of'arod 29.The connection between the rod-2 9 and the arm 13 is preferably in the'form'of a ball and socket connection as shown at 30 in Figure 2.

Extending from the posts l"('- -;th itough slots 31 provided inthes1eeves18jare upper and lower-pins 32 and 3-3 respectively,- thefirst mentioned pin also extending into a slot 34 provided in thehousing 20. These slots31and34permit of a 'limited movement'of the pins32 and 33. I

The rods 17 are yieldingly connected to the arms 25 and for this purposethere are provided springs having one of their The ends connected to thepins 33 and their opposite ends to the set screws 27, so that rotarymovement of the rods 17 in one direction Will tension the springs 35..

Assuming that it is desired to turn the automobile to the right,operation of the steering" mechanism :for this purpose will move the rod28 and impart simultaneous horizontal rotary. movement to .the arms 25.

This Will impart rotary movement to the.

sleeves 18. NOW, by reference to Figure 5 of the drawings wherein Rindicates the mountingfor the right hand lamp and L the mounting for theleft hand lamp, it will be seen that when the vehicle is travelling inthe direction of the arrow in the said figure, rotation of the sleeve 18of the 'right hand lamp will cause the said sleeve to engage the pin 32mrotate the shaft 17 and move the lamp pivotally to the right, the sleeve18 of the left hand lamp being free to rotate Without engaging its pin32, the shoulder at the end of the slot 34 serving to resist tendency ofthis post to move in a cloc'ltvvise direction. The right hand lamp willthus be moved in the direction of movement of the steering Wheels Whilethe left hand lamp Will be directed on a line with thebody of theautomobile. Movement of the sleeve of the right hand lamp will tensionits spring 35 sothat when the steering Wheels are again straightenedout, this spring Will move the right hand lamp to its normal straightahead position. Movement of the steering mechanism to the left Willcause the left hand lamp to be moved horizontally in the manner justdescribed While the right hand lamp will remain straight ahead.

It is apparent that the lamp controlling means may be so arranged that.movement of the steering gear to the right will move the left hand lamphorizontally and leave, the right hand lamp straight ahead and viceHaving described the invention What is' claimed is The combination Withan automobile, of" a pair of posts, lamps mounted upon said posts, ahousing. surrounding and spaced from each post, spaced bearings Withinthe housing, post receiving sleeves rotatable with respect to said postsand engaging the spaced bearings, arms connected to the sleeves, meansoperatively connecting the arms and steeringmechanism of the auto mobileto move the arms, means connecting the posts and sleeves to rotate oneof the posts when the sleevesa're rotated in an op posite direction andsprings connecting the posts and arms for returning the. posts to normalposition.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ELLING LEE. f

